Samsung stops all its Snapdragon strategies. After using the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 General 3 in the entire Galaxy S25 lineup, a new era of leak suggests that the incoming Galaxy S26 can reproduce the Acineos chips in the Samsung.
According to several sources of the community on X (formerly Twitter), Galaxy S26 will have a showcase of 2600 in Europe, while other markets like North America and Asia will get the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 General 4. This distribution is reported to be the product of low initial production of 2 NM process of Samsung, which is being used.
The latest industry note related to Samsung:
Eknos 2600 really plans to be used in S26.
Currently, due to the alleged low production, it is likely to be mainly equipped in European models.
An industry through an industry emphasized that even in the AP for S26, Qualcomm Snapdragon…
– Jukanlosario (@jukanlosreve) May 3, 2025
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If the leak is correct, the situation will be the same as the Galaxy S22 series, which was divided into different markets. At that time, consumers got 2200 in Europe, while the rest of the world got better Snapdragon 8 General 1 than argument.
The thing is, when Samsung does this, it has never been appropriate. Most of the time, the acneos chip sets were not similar to the performance and power efficiency, which leads to a lot of criticism in 2022.
Samsung then released the S23 series with Snapdragon Chip in all regions, followed by another division for the S24 series, and then with S25 this year, the Unified Snapdragon returned to the dragon strategy.
These reports still do not say whether the entire chip will be implemented throughout the spiral Galaxy S26 Line -up, though. Before the rumors suggested that only Galaxy S26 And S26 Plus will get acneos 2600 in Europe, while the flagship S26 Ultra will not have Snapdragon 8 General 4.
So why is it especially for Europe once again?
Certainly it is difficult to say, but there are two possible reasons.
It is not yet clear that when Samsung goes for a chip distribution strategy, Samsung has chosen to distribute acne Galaxy S phones in Europe. It can be connected to the supply barriers or internal cost structures.
Of course, Samsung has not confirmed any of these rumors regarding its strategy for Excenos 2600 or 2026, so take this information with salt grain. However, if the date is a hint, it seems that there is a potential scenario for it Galaxy S26 Series
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